Composition with Yellow Lines

Composition with Yellow Lines is an 1933 abstract painting on canvas by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. While following the grid like structures of his other abstract paintings, it is unusual in omitting the use of any black lines.[1] Indeed, Mondrian's earlier writings on art had stated that any lines in his paintings had to be black; colour was reserved for the filled in rectangles.[2] The painting is equally unusual in that none of the lines meet. He did not paint any further paintings with this design element until his move to New York in 1940.[3]

Composition with yellow lines
Lozenge composition with yellow lines
ArtistPiet Mondrian Edit this on Wikidata
Year1933
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions80.2 cm (31.6 in) × 79.9 cm (31.5 in)
LocationKunstmuseum Den Haag
Accession No.0332044 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 219807

The painting sometimes receives the title Lozenge Composition with yellow lines because of the diamond, or lozenge, shape that the painting has.

Composition with Yellow Lines hangs in the Kunstmuseum, The Hague.[4] The painting was presented to the museum in 1933 after a group of artists organised a public collection of funds to purchase it.[5]

A 2007 musical piece for clarinet and piano by the composer Stuart Greenbaum is based on the painting and has the same name.[6]

References
  1. "10918x1y102064". Kunstmuseum Den Haag (in Dutch). 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. Deicher, Susanne (1999). Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944: Structures in Space. Taschen. p. 75. ISBN 978-3-8228-5973-5.
  3. Sooke, Alastair. "Mondrian: The joy of being square". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  4. "Piet Mondriaan". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. Wijnia, Lieke (February 2018). "Bringing Mondrian's 'Lozenge composition with yellow lines' to the Netherlands". Burlington Magazine. 160 (1379): 118–125. ISSN 0007-6287.
  6. "Composition with yellow lines : for clarinet and piano by Stuart Greenbaum : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 2022-11-19.


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